The Film Stage

Exclusive Trailer for Allan Moyle’s The Rubber Gun Resurrects Canadian Drug-Pushers

Canadian International Pictures, sister company to the great Arbelos Films, takes upon itself the noble mission of restoring and releasing lesser-seen films fr...

John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office Review: An Illuminating Work of Cultural Archaeology

The first time I came across the name John C. Lilly I was––rather fittingly, for reasons that will become clearer in a minute––not exactly sober. Late in the n...

Nicole Kidman Uncovers a Dark Secret in First Trailer for Holland

Quite a long time in the works, with Errol Morris attached to direct as early as 2013, the thriller Holland (formerly known as Holland, Michigan) finally embar...

Ben Burtt on How Modern Hollywood Has Lost a Sensitivity for Sound, Lightsabers, and the Wilhelm Scream

It’s mid-July and I’m sitting in my living room, wondering what Ben Burtt, the sound designer behind some of the most beloved cultural artefacts of the 20th ce...

MUBI’s March 2025 Lineup Includes Films by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Quentin Dupieux, Joanna Hogg & More

MUBI has unveiled its lineup for next month's streaming offerings, featuring Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Assassin, Zhang Yimou's Shadow, Quentin Dupieux's Daaaaaali!...

Secret Mall Apartment Trailer: Jesse Eisenberg Presents a Strange, True Tale of Habitation

One of our favorite films to premiere at SXSW last year is now rolling out next month. Secret Mall Apartment retells the strange, true tale of a group of frien...

Berlinale Review: What Does That Nature Say to You is Hong Sangsoo’s Meet the Parents

The last time Hong Sangsoo failed to feature in a Berlinale program, Childish Gambino’s “This is America” was in the charts and Green Book was on its way t...

Berlinale Review: Denis Côté’s Paul is a Strikingly Moving Portrait of a Cleaning Simp

Consider the logline: a 34-year-old, pre-diabetic, 250-pound, extremely anxious loner finds respite as a cleaning simp for dominatrices eager to belittle h...

Berlinale Review: Eel is a Slippery, Strange Drama of Great Beauty

The most significant change introduced by new Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle is the cancellation of the Encounters sidebar which hosted many arthouse gems su...

Berlinale Review: Gabriel Mascaro’s The Blue Trail Takes a Lively Journey Down the Amazon River

The Blue Trail, the lively new film from Gabriel Mascaro, takes its name from the secretions of a mythical snail. Azure and oozing, the substance, when dropped...

News

New Directors/New Films Unveils 2025 Lineup

Paris’ La Clef Revival Comes to New York for Week of Film Screenings; Watch Appreciations from Martin Scorsese and John Carpenter

Austin Butler and Saoirse Ronan Will Lead Sean Durkin’s Deep Cuts

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Robina Rose’s Extraordinary, Restored Nightshift Tracks One Night In a Hotel

Alex Ross Perry Makes a Fake Pavement Biopic with Range Life Trailer

X-Rated Trailer for Bruce LaBruce’s The Visitor Offers Up an Explicit Game of Seduction

Reviews

You Burn Me Review: Matías Piñeiro Muses on Sapphic Fragments and Unrequited Love

CHAOS: The Manson Murders Review: Errol Morris Succinctly Investigates a Complex Conspiracy

Black Bag Review: Steven Soderbergh Delivers Slick, Barbed Spy Thriller

Features

Posterized March 2025: Grand Tour, Eephus, Misericordia & More

New to Streaming: Gene Hackman, Michael Mann, Vermiglio, CHAOS: The Manson Murders & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Bruno Dumont on The Empire, Star Wars, and the Maelstrom of Human Nature

Matías Piñeiro on You Burn Me, Departing Shakespeare, and Hong Sangsoo’s Constant Reinvention

There’s Still Tomorrow Director Paola Cortellesi on Domestic Violence, Global Success, and Drawing From Italian Neorealism

Podcasts

The Film Stage Presents Emulsion: Episode One

The B-Side – 2025 Oscars Special (with Joe Reid & Chris Feil)

The B-Side – Peter Hyams (with Mike Ryan)

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